Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The discovery of the quantum dot

Louis Brus talks about his discovery of colloidal quantum dots in 1980s.

One of the truisms of science is that the basic research scientists who invent something are not the best judges of where it’s useful.

1 comment:

Owen said...

Interestingly, they can be made inside earthworms!
http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v8/n1/full/nnano.2012.232.html